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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Hugh Verdun Webber

In memory of:

Signalman Hugh Verdun Webber

October 28, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/132375

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

Additional Information

Son of William Wesley Webber and Harriet Homeretta Webber; husband of Lydia Donalda Webber, of Owen Sound, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 474 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

7. C. 8.

Location:

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY is located 39 Km north west of Antwerp and 19 Km after passing the Border into the Netherlands. The N11 connects Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom via Kapellen, Pulte, Hoogerheide and finally on to Bergen op Zoom. On reaching Bergen op Zoom railway station turn right onto the Stationsplein and after 200 M turn right onto the Bredastraat. Follow this road for 500 M where it becomes Wouwsestraatweg and carry straight on for 2.5 kilometres. The street name has now changed to the Ruytershoveweg and the BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY can be found on the left of this street. Steps into cemetery (not suitable for wheelchairs).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.

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    Memorial – Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Hugh Webber– Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.

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    Photo of Hugh Webber
    Photo of Hugh Webber – Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.

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